Abba Tsahma or Sähma (probably late 400s and early 500s A.D.) was one of the

Nine Saints The Nine Saints were a group of missionaries who were important in the initial growth of Christianity in what is now Ethiopia during the late 5th century. The names of the Nine Saints are: # Abba Aftse # Abba Alef # Abba Aragawi # Abba Garima (Is ...

of Ethiopia. He was known as a scholar. Abba Tsahma may have originally been from

Antioch Antioch on the Orontes (; , ) "Antioch on Daphne"; or "Antioch the Great"; ; ; ; ; ; ; . was a Hellenistic Greek city founded by Seleucus I Nicator in 300 BC. One of the most important Greek cities of the Hellenistic period, it served as ...

. He later moved to Sädénya, Ethiopia. His feast day is on 16 Ter (24 January).

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